Turning Gray: The Natural History of Lung Cancer Over Time Frank C. Detterbeck, MD, Christopher J. Gibson, BA Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 3, Issue 7, Pages 781-792 (July 2008) DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c9230 Copyright © 2008 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Survival of 23,954 patients with NSCLC who did not receive surgical resection, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.36 Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2008 3, 781-792DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c9230) Copyright © 2008 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 Mean doubling times observed among human non-small cell lung cancers, by the method of detection. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2008 3, 781-792DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c9230) Copyright © 2008 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 3 Proportion of patients with very short (<100 days) or very long (≥400 days) tumor doubling times according to the method of lung cancer detection. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2008 3, 781-792DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c9230) Copyright © 2008 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 4 Proportion of tumor doubling time categories by radiographic appearance among CT screen detected cancers. A, Hasegawa M, et al. Br J Radiol 2000;73:1252–59;16 B, Sone S, et al. Lung Cancer 2007;58:329–41;18 C, Lindell RM, et al. Radiology 2007;242:555–62;17 VDT: volume doubling time. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2008 3, 781-792DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c9230) Copyright © 2008 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 5 Schematic of exponential growth of a cancer, with time expressed as number of volume doublings. (From Geddes DM. Br J Dis Chest 1979;73:1–17.34) Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2008 3, 781-792DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c9230) Copyright © 2008 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 6 Gomperztian growth curve demonstrated by observed average growth rates in 100 mice after implantation of adenocarcinoma. The solid and dotted line represents a best-fit Gompertz function. (From Schabel FM. Cancer 1975;35:15–24.28) Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2008 3, 781-792DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c9230) Copyright © 2008 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions